Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 12:44:48AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >I've tried this now. It's slightly problematic, as wicd tries to ping >the gateway it's given to validate connectivity. By using the local v4 >address as the gateway too, that defeats this check. Then wicd keeps >the network interfa

Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-09 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: severity -1 important Hi Steve, sorry, botched the severity you've set with my merging the other day. Steve McIntyre wrote: > I've tried this now. It's slightly problematic, as wicd tries to ping > the gateway it's given to validate connectivity. That may be optional. In wicd-curses, g

Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 11:53:41PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 12:39:23AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: >> >>Same question to you as to the other reporter: Have you tried to >>configure a static IPv4 dummy address as workaround? (Just out of >>curiosity if that's a workaround

Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 12:39:23AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: >Control: retitle -1 wicd: Does not work on IPv6-only networks >Control: forcemerge 854176 -1 > >Hi Steve, > >Steve McIntyre wrote: >> I found this over the weekend at FOSDEM. > >You're not the only one: https://bugs.debian.org/854176 :-

Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: retitle -1 wicd: Does not work on IPv6-only networks Control: forcemerge 854176 -1 Hi Steve, Steve McIntyre wrote: > I found this over the weekend at FOSDEM. You're not the only one: https://bugs.debian.org/854176 :-) Merging these two bug reports. > I've dug into this, and I can see

Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

2017-02-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wicd Version: 1.7.4+tb2-2 Severity: important Tags: upstream ipv6 Hi, I found this over the weekend at FOSDEM. Their default wifi network is v6 only, with no v4 config at all. This would be fine for me (all the services I need are functional on v6), but wicd does not work on such a netwo